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#Post#: 127250--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: August 8, 2026, 8:52 am
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Can you show us the actual document?
#Post#: 127251--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: J89eu
Date: August 8, 2026, 9:13 am
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Sure, screenshots as I've cut out any personal info, the
remainder is just the ways to pay
HTML https://i.ibb.co/FbBThH85/11.png
HTML https://i.ibb.co/whTSbtkP/2.png
#Post#: 127394--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: August 10, 2026, 6:38 am
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This is very peculiar.
The wording (and the discount offered) appear to confirm that it
is a Parking Charge Notice but then they clearly use the word
'fine'.
The appeals process is also incorrect as they should inform you
of the process at the time of the rejection.
Chase them again with those awkward questions - they are clearly
in trouble here.
We also need to find out how they accessed DVLA data.
#Post#: 127402--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: Dave65
Date: August 10, 2026, 7:54 am
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Would any details show up if the poster did a data access
request to the DVLA?
#Post#: 127404--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: August 10, 2026, 8:51 am
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Yes, but my thinking is that it will be better to go to the DVLA
with something more substantial than an Access Request.
DVLA are notoriously good at the 'fob-off' but a suggestion of
illegal access of data would have to be investigated - on that
basis we need to find out the EXACT nature of the NtK the OP was
served with.
If it turns out that it is a Parking Charge Notice (which to me
it is) then the OP can ask DVLA how and way data was released to
someone who is not a member of an established trade association
- ie, one of the hard rules.
#Post#: 127613--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: J89eu
Date: August 12, 2026, 7:01 am
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They have still not responded to my query about parking versus
penalty charge. It's been 2 emails and almost 2 weeks now!
#Post#: 127637--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: August 12, 2026, 10:04 am
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Email them another reminder.
You are building a history of unprofessional behaviour against
them.
#Post#: 127642--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: J89eu
Date: August 12, 2026, 10:35 am
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Ok they finally got back to me. It’s a parking charge notice.
‘ Hello,
Many thanks for your email.
As detailed in the letter, it is a parking charge notice.
Please be advised that deadline to pay the reduced fine of £60
is today. If its not paid today, the fine will be the full price
of £100.
Kind regards.
Car Parks’
#Post#: 127652--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: jfollows
Date: August 12, 2026, 11:16 am
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So, as previously noted,
HTML https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/624dabc7e90e0729f6bf8167/inf-266-release-of-information-from-dvlas-registers.pdf<br
/>states
--- Quote ---
> DVLA provides data to allow landowners or their agents to
pursue their legal rights and resolve disputes.
> To make sure motorists are treated fairly when any parking or
trespass charge is pursued, DVLA will only provide vehicle
keeper details where the company is a member of an Accredited
Trade Association (ATA).
> ATAs enforce a code of practice which covers many aspects of a
car parking operator’s business.
> While complying with the code of practice is an important
consideration for DVLA when releasing vehicle keeper data, not
all requirements of the code affect reasonable cause.
> DVLA will not disclose data to parking or trespass companies
who are not members of an ATA. We expect the ATAs to monitor
adherence to the code of practice and investigate and address
non-compliance when it arises.
--- End Quote ---
and
HTML https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-10/30170
--- Quote ---
> 19 February 2025
> The law permits the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
to release the contact details of the registered keeper of a
vehicle where the requester can demonstrate “reasonable cause”
for requesting that information, and where a parking operator is
a member of a trade association and adheres to sector’s code of
practice.
>
> The disclosure of keeper details to private parking companies
is subject to a range of safeguards to ensure the information is
requested and used appropriately. We are exploring ways to give
motorists the best protection and support and continue to engage
with both consumer groups, two parking trade associations and
DVLA.
--- End Quote ---
The ICO has previously documented "The lawful basis for the
processing of vehicle keeper data by the DVLA" at
HTML https://ico.org.uk/media2/migrated/4020676/dvla-opinion-20220613.pdf<br
/>in which the ICO stated
--- Quote ---
> Following consideration of the evidence and legal analysis,
the Commissioner concluded that the DVLA’s correct lawful basis
is public task, not legal obligation. This is because Regulation
27(1)(e) provides the DVLA with a power, rather than a legal
duty, to disclose vehicle keeper information to car park
management companies in these circumstances. In order to rely on
legal obligation, the DVLA would need to demonstrate that the
processing was necessary for compliance with a ‘legal
obligation’. This would require the DVLA to have a legal duty to
rely on, which in our view Regulation 27(1)(e) does not provide.
--- End Quote ---
, however
--- Quote ---
> Taking these factors into account, the Commissioner concluded
that using
> the ICO’s resources to pursue enforcement action in this case
would not be in the public interest. This is because the risk of
harm to vehicle keepers from the DVLA disclosing their
information under the legal obligation lawful basis rather than
public task is very low.
> The Commissioner considers that the most appropriate way
forward is for the government to review the relevant
legislation. They should look to address the interaction between
different pieces of legislation to provide legal certainty on
the correct approach. If the Department for Transport and the
DVLA believe that Regulation 27(1) gives the DVLA a legal duty
rather than a power to share keeper information, the government
might choose to consider a legislative remedy that puts this
issue beyond doubt.
> This would provide certainty to both the DVLA and to vehicle
keepers.
--- End Quote ---
and that essentially because the DVLA did divulge data this has
no bearing on car park management companies' ability to use the
data divulged.
The legislation under discussion is at
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2742/regulation/27?timeline=false:<br
/>
--- Quote ---
> Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars
> 27.—(1) The Secretary of State may make any particulars
contained in the register available for use—
>
> (a)(i)by a local authority for any purpose connected with the
investigation of an offence,
>
> (ii)by a local authority in Scotland, for any purpose
connected with the investigation of a decriminalised parking
contravention, or
>
> (iii)by a local authority in England and Wales, for any
purpose connected with its activities as an enforcement
authority within the meaning of Part 6 of the Traffic Management
Act 2004;
>
> (aa)by the Department for Regional Development for any purpose
connected with—
>
> (i)the investigation of a contravention to which Schedule 1 to
the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
(contraventions subject to penalty charges) applies; or
>
> (ii)the exercise of the Department’s powers under Article
18(1)(b) or 21(1)(b) of that Order (immobilisation or removal of
vehicles);
>
> (b)by a chief officer of police;
>
> (c)by a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
>
> (d)by an officer of Customs and Excise
>
> (da)on or after 30th April 2010 or the date of coming into
force of section 144A of the 1988 Act (whichever is later), by
the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (being the company of that name
incorporated on 14th June 1946 under the Companies Act 1929) for
any purpose connected with the exercise of any of the functions
of the Secretary of State relating to the enforcement of an
offence under section 144A of the 1988 Act; or
>
> (e)by any person who can show to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of State that he has reasonable cause for wanting the
particulars to be made available to him.
>
> (2) Particulars may be provided to such a person as is
mentioned in paragraph (1)(e) on payment of such fee, if any, of
such amount as appears to the Secretary of State reasonable in
the circumstances of the case.
>
--- End Quote ---
I hope that at least some of that is interesting, useful or
relevant!
It seems clear to me that a "local authority" can only obtain
this data "for any purpose connected with the investigation of
an offence" which would mean a Penalty Charge Notice with
prosecution under bylaws, or
--- Quote ---
> for any purpose connected with its activities as an
enforcement authority within the meaning of Part 6 of the
Traffic Management Act 2004;
--- End Quote ---
, which I think applies primarily to roads and on-street
parking.
#Post#: 127661--------------------------------------------------
Re: Peak District National Park - Missed payment -Notice of
charge
DIR By: jfollows
Date: August 12, 2026, 12:40 pm
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I haven't got a clear conclusion to all this, but others may,
but it may be that the Peak District National Park Authority may
have got themselves in a bit of a cleft stick here - they quote
"byelaws" but seem to want to pursue this as a civil penalty,
which they may not have the authority to do, but their original
notice is full of "prosecution" and "Magistrates Court" also.
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